The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-22
General and miscellaneous.

The Burlington e. Missouri railroad bridge at
Schuyler will be 200 feet in length
The Kingman. Pratt 81 Western road is now
completed TO Wilsford, Kan, and opened for
business to-day.
Railroad building in southern California is
very active. By the middle of next month Santa
barbara will be connected with the outside world
by railroad.
There seems to be but little question as to the
Denver & Southern Park road being made a con-
Meeting link of the Union Pacific ana the South
ern California
Negotiations are in progress between the Pull
man Car Company and the Central transporta-
tion looking to a settlement of their long pend
ing differences without further litigation.
The annual report of the Chicago e. Rock
Island road just published shows that last year
$500 tons of steel rails were laid on the main
line, g. $50 tons of which weighed seventy pounds
to the yard.
Europe formed an indignant opinion of the in
terstate- commerce law when it was passed, but
reaction in sentiment is said to have come over
the Europeans who interested in the rail-
roads on this side of the water
The soldiers and sailors monument was dedi-
Gated at New Haven on Friday last and on that
at that station, So. 600 passengers and not pas
senger or employee was injured.
Split switches blamed for two recent de-
rallments, one an excursion train on California
road, the other on the Fltchburg road. Both
trains were moving slow at the time and no
serious results followed the derailment.
The action of the Canadian government in re-
moving all tolls from grain passing through the
Welland canal shows that they fear water more
than rail competition, and that the Canadian
authorities do not consider canals out Of date.
W. w. Slater, superintendent of the Southern
block signal system of the Southern Pacific road
Is experimenting with incandescent electric lights
to learn if they may be applied to the signals at
the switches and on the bridges and signal poles.
1t now looks as il the trouble of the North
western lines would be satisfactorily adjusted.
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consider the milling transit question and another
committee to consider the immediate advance
of grain rates between St. Paul & Chicago.
Lighting the Hoosac tunnel by electricity
promises to be grand success, and an order has
been given to increase the number of incadescent
electric lights to ], $50. It was expected that
$50 would be sufficient number, but experiment
has shown that it will not. When this improve
msrt is completed the trains will through
the tunnel at as high speed over any part OF
the road.
E. B. Thomas. general manager Of the Rich
mond & Danville SYSTEM has introduced
form which will be highly appreciated by the
travelling public. Mr.. Thomas is a member of
the uniform code committee. and he applies his
ideas of uniformity to all departments, even to
the preparation of the time tables which are
often seemingly gotten up to bewilder train men
and people as to the time Of their arrival and
departure at important points, or regarding con-
nections made. Commenting the summer
timetables and the book of rules Mr.. Thomas
has prepared for his trainmen, and for the pub
lie, as WELL the Railroad Gazette says: when
one reads these time tables he feels indeed as il
clothed and in his right mind There is snarl
of ungrammatical conditions and exceptions;
blndly- expressed references to the book OF rules
and no marginal notes tipped up edgewise to
make the reader crosseyed The timetables
proper have the Indications for stops, flag stops
meal stations, ETC., strictly according the uni
form code, and have explanatory references for
these at the bottom of the columns; aside from
these there are no notes whatever. except the
statement prescribing in which direction trains
having superior rights run, and what por
tons of the road subject to special dispatch
ers orders. The last page of each district table
has small number of special rules compactly
arranged and placed so to be very easily found
and easily kept in mind, there being no extran-
eous or unimporrant matters brought In, and the
Typography being irst-class and in good taste.
There is good deal in this last feature"